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would this work?
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:41 am
by MUSS
was just wondering if a universal 19 row oil cooler cood be used as a radiator for a water to air intercooler....... have been told "no" but i didnt get an explenation... can anyone explain why please? i have a subaru EJ20 water to air intercooler i want to put on my toyota 3B ..... if you know of another radiator let me know please...cheers!
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:37 am
by gotoy
head exchanger
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:50 am
by toysuzi
gday muss hows it going
the main problem with using oil coolers for heat exchanger/radiator. would be internal corrossion, due to the unit being made of none coated mild steel.
so if you go that route make sure you use a good radiator coolant castrol/natra
and mix at a min off 33% or a max of 50%
dont make the common mistake of using the cheep kmart/super cheep etc $5-$7.00 5l pre mix bottle of coolant then mixing that at 33-50% ratio. if you go the cheep route your coolant system needs to be filled 100% by the cheep bottles as thay have already been pre mixed.
the other choice would be to select an alloy or copper heat exchanger - coolant will still need to be used. but corrosion wouldnt be such an issue.
cheers daryl
Re: head exchanger
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:22 am
by MUSS
toysuzi wrote:gday muss hows it going
the main problem with using oil coolers for heat exchanger/radiator. would be internal corrossion, due to the unit being made of none coated mild steel.
so if you go that route make sure you use a good radiator coolant castrol/natra
and mix at a min off 33% or a max of 50%
dont make the common mistake of using the cheep kmart/super cheep etc $5-$7.00 5l pre mix bottle of coolant then mixing that at 33-50% ratio. if you go the cheep route your coolant system needs to be filled 100% by the cheep bottles as thay have already been pre mixed.
the other choice would be to select an alloy or copper heat exchanger - coolant will still need to be used. but corrosion wouldnt be such an issue.
cheers daryl
cheers for that info mate! from what i know the cooler is made from aircraft grade alloy..... so it shood be fine i recon
cheers
JAKE